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COP26

Maps show historical expected annual flood damage (EAD) in GBP billion at 2020 values, and calculated EAD percentage increase with 1.8 degrees global warming. (Credit: University of Bristol and Fathom)

Study shows impact further flooding could have on UK

In July, a wildfire destroyed several houses in Wennington, Greater London (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
In July, a wildfire destroyed several houses in Wennington, Greater London (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK's warmest year on record is another warning we must not miss – Scotsman

Head Ranger Scott Hendry
Head Ranger Scott Hendry

Ad Feature Scots mass-ownership firm to attract ‘citizen rewilders’ to tackle biodiversity

Wildfires, like this one in Madera County, California, are just one of an array of threats that are getting worse because of climate change (Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
Wildfires, like this one in Madera County, California, are just one of an array of threats that are getting worse because of climate change (Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

World may be sleepwalking to climate disaster but armed forces are wide awake

Martin Black started his new role at Hampden this week.
Martin Black started his new role at Hampden this week.

SFA appoints Black as new compliance officer

Marie Macklin and a delegation headed by Yoav Katsavoy, chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority, at the Halo campus during COP26. Picture: Jeff Holmes.
Marie Macklin and a delegation headed by Yoav Katsavoy, chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority, at the Halo campus during COP26. Picture: Jeff Holmes.

Halo Kilmarnock switches on global partnership with Israeli energy pioneer

The investment in new premises will allow global corporation Marubeni Europower to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero.
The investment in new premises will allow global corporation Marubeni Europower to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero.

Japanese firm involved in Scottish green projects launches Glasgow base

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference

1.5C target on ‘life support’ after Cop27, says Alok Sharma

Ian Manson is chief executive of Clyde Gateway.
Ian Manson is chief executive of Clyde Gateway.

Regeneration innovation district first for Scotland - Ian Manson

Flooded school buildings in Sylhet, north-east Bangladesh, during the country’s worst floods in decades.
Flooded school buildings in Sylhet, north-east Bangladesh, during the country’s worst floods in decades.

The seal has been broken on the push for a Climate Fund to pay for Loss and Dama...

The COP27 climate summit should make countries accountable for the promises they make (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
The COP27 climate summit should make countries accountable for the promises they make (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

World cannot rely on 'goodwill' to honour climate pledges – Carly Munnelly

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

What does COP stand for? What is COP27 and why does it matter?

Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Leader: The global energy crisis and Cop27

We are risking irreversible loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets – which together hold enough water to raise sea levels by over 10 metres, writes Professsor Tim Lenton.
We are risking irreversible loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets – which together hold enough water to raise sea levels by over 10 metres, writes Professsor Tim Lenton.

We are approaching multiple tipping points on climate change - Prof Tim Lenton

The Oil Slicks outside the offices of JP Morgan in Glasgow.
The Oil Slicks outside the offices of JP Morgan in Glasgow.

Climate activists stage protest at bank in echo of Cop26

Climate activists are protesting outside a bank where they demonstrated every day during Cop26 a year ago.
Climate activists are protesting outside a bank where they demonstrated every day during Cop26 a year ago.

Climate activists stage protest at bank ahead of COP 27

Image: Jon Anders Wiken
Image: Jon Anders Wiken

Ad Feature Deals: The path to ESG is well laid

Scotland has no seat of its own at the United Nations negotiating table, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
Scotland has no seat of its own at the United Nations negotiating table, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Scotland can show world leadership on climate at COP27

First Bus Scotland commercial director Graeme Macfarlan (L) with DPD staff manager David Scott.
First Bus Scotland commercial director Graeme Macfarlan (L) with DPD staff manager David Scott.

Glasgow delivery drivers to tap into UK’s largest electric vehicle charging hub

Stephen Kelly, Tech Nation Chair
Stephen Kelly, Tech Nation Chair

Poised to be climate tech centre of excellence

Dried-out fields on Isle of Mull. Photograph from Leslie Mabon's field work
Dried-out fields on Isle of Mull. Photograph from Leslie Mabon's field work

Scotland leading way ahead of COP27 - Leslie Mabon

The extent of plastic pollution is obvious to those who take part in beach clean-ups (Picture: Iain Stewart)
The extent of plastic pollution is obvious to those who take part in beach clean-ups (Picture: Iain Stewart)

Natasha Stewart: We can all be part of David Attenborough's 'wonderful recovery'

The Earth hangs over an empty Action Zone in the OVO Hydro building during the COP26 summit in Glasgow last year
The Earth hangs over an empty Action Zone in the OVO Hydro building during the COP26 summit in Glasgow last year

Place and purpose are central to the strategy for PwC - Mairi McInnes

The government department led by energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has also been downgraded by assessors over energy efficiency issues. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty
The government department led by energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has also been downgraded by assessors over energy efficiency issues. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty

Downing Street slammed for 'embarrassing' CO2 emissions in COP presidency year

COP26 president Alok Sharma will hand over the baton to COP27 president-designate H E Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's minister of foreign affairs, when the summit gets under way next month. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
COP26 president Alok Sharma will hand over the baton to COP27 president-designate H E Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's minister of foreign affairs, when the summit gets under way next month. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

COP27: One month to go before UN climate summit in Egypt

Singer Sam Ryder performs on behalf of The United Kingdom during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2022 on May 14, 2022 at the Pala Alpitour venue in Turin. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
Singer Sam Ryder performs on behalf of The United Kingdom during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2022 on May 14, 2022 at the Pala Alpitour venue in Turin. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Glasgow’s Eurovision bid could transform empty and derelict spaces in city

Catherine Gee, Deputy Chief Executive, Keep Scotland Beautiful
Catherine Gee, Deputy Chief Executive, Keep Scotland Beautiful

Tackling climate change will help our planet, our people and their pockets - Cat...

Climate-sceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg now runs the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, which is responsible for the UK's action on global warming (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)
Climate-sceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg now runs the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, which is responsible for the UK's action on global warming (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

World just missed a deadline for more action on climate change agreed at COP26

The Festival will explore practical and creative ways to tackle climate change.
The Festival will explore practical and creative ways to tackle climate change.

Inverurie West Parish Church to host Climate Matters Festival

There are plans to connect rewilded land around Loch Lomond with similarly restored habitats in the Cairngorms, Rannoch Moor and beyond
There are plans to connect rewilded land around Loch Lomond with similarly restored habitats in the Cairngorms, Rannoch Moor and beyond

Scotland needs private sector help to restore nature – Professor James Curran

This year has seen record numbers of wildfires break out across Europe, with an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg left burned. Picture: Philippe Lopez/Getty Images
This year has seen record numbers of wildfires break out across Europe, with an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg left burned. Picture: Philippe Lopez/Getty Images

Hot trends: Heatwaves, droughts and floods bring grim taster of climate future

King Charles should try to use his platform to encourage action on climate change (Picture: Victoria Jones/WPA pool/Getty Images)
King Charles should try to use his platform to encourage action on climate change (Picture: Victoria Jones/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Why King Charles should keep working on climate change – Scotsman comment

Stuart Goodall is Chief Executive of forestry and wood trade body Confor
Stuart Goodall is Chief Executive of forestry and wood trade body Confor

We must think globally and act locally to meet future timber demand - Stuart Goo...

Stuart Wallace of EY: “It’s about how we manage planetary resources, and manage our obligations to each other as a society”
Stuart Wallace of EY: “It’s about how we manage planetary resources, and manage our obligations to each other as a society”

Ad Feature Data Capital: Making ESG as easy as ABC

Omar Shaikh, managing director of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative.
Omar Shaikh, managing director of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative.

Finance summit marks COP26 anniversary

Edinburgh's streets are a sorry sight during the festival as mountains of rubbish pile up as a result of council strikes. Picture: Ilona Amos
Edinburgh's streets are a sorry sight during the festival as mountains of rubbish pile up as a result of council strikes. Picture: Ilona Amos

Rubbish: No-star review for Edinburgh festival streets

Sarah Peterson, Director at multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, Harley Haddow
Sarah Peterson, Director at multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, Harley Haddow

Don’t rebuild, retrofit to meet net zero goals - Sarah Peterson

Lulu has called for Glasgow to host Eurovision 2023.
Lulu has called for Glasgow to host Eurovision 2023.

Lulu calls for the next Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Glasgow

XR are to stage a die in on Buchanan Street
XR are to stage a die in on Buchanan Street

Extinction Rebellion to stage 'die in' on Glasgow's Buchanan Street

System-level thinking to decarbonise electricity and transport is vital for Net Zero - Hitachi
System-level thinking to decarbonise electricity and transport is vital for Net Zero - Hitachi

Ad Feature Hitachi’s journey to Net Zero

Under current international carbon accounting standards, cycle-to-work schemes for company staff can add to the firm's reported carbon emissions (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Under current international carbon accounting standards, cycle-to-work schemes for company staff can add to the firm's reported carbon emissions (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Bogus carbon accounting is damaging UK's fight against climate change

'I have always been a bit of an aviation geek and have always wanted to understand how machines worked,' says the CEO. Picture: contributed.
'I have always been a bit of an aviation geek and have always wanted to understand how machines worked,' says the CEO. Picture: contributed.

The Big Interview: Stephen Breslin, CEO of Glasgow Science Centre

The Scottish Government has plans to increase tree planting, restore peatlands and reduce emissions from farming, but they do not go far enough (Picture: Andy Robinson/RSPB)
The Scottish Government has plans to increase tree planting, restore peatlands and reduce emissions from farming, but they do not go far enough (Picture: Andy Robinson/RSPB)

How the UK is failing to cut carbon emissions quickly enough – Andrew Midgley

Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers think their current bank is guilty of ‘greenwashing’
Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers think their current bank is guilty of ‘greenwashing’

Ad Feature Is the grass greener on the sustainable side?

Grant Mackay, VAT specialist at accountants Chiene + Tait
Grant Mackay, VAT specialist at accountants Chiene + Tait

Making green zero VAT pay – Grant Mackay

John Paul Sheridan, partner and Scotland location head at TLT
John Paul Sheridan, partner and Scotland location head at TLT

Move to Glasgow’s flagship Cadworks development is major step for TLT - John Pau...

There is an increased interest in science.
There is an increased interest in science.

Effective communication will reveal scientific gold - Julie Moulsdale

Children from Lornshill Academy show what actions can be taken to reach Net Zero by 2045.
Children from Lornshill Academy show what actions can be taken to reach Net Zero by 2045.

Helping young people take action on climate change - Catherine Gee

Dr Niki Vermeulen, Senior Lecturer in History and Sociology of Science, University of Edinburgh
Dr Niki Vermeulen, Senior Lecturer in History and Sociology of Science, University of Edinburgh

New map provides different perspectives on the value of our coasts - Dr Leslie M...

Steve Spalding, CEO, Timberbush Tours
Steve Spalding, CEO, Timberbush Tours

Coach operators’ "green” credentials plays an increasingly important part of our...

Barry Fraser, Director at Grant Thornton UK LLP in Scotland
Barry Fraser, Director at Grant Thornton UK LLP in Scotland

North Sea companies can use cash flows to transition to greener energies - Barry...

Clean energy leaders meet to power decarbonisation at All-Energy conference
Clean energy leaders meet to power decarbonisation at All-Energy conference

Ad Feature Clean energy goals can be achieved – All-Energy leaders

Presenter and scientist Ella Al-Shamahi rolls up her sleeves to take part in her first ever necropsy in a bit to discover the secrets of the whale's final days
Presenter and scientist Ella Al-Shamahi rolls up her sleeves to take part in her first ever necropsy in a bit to discover the secrets of the whale's final days

CSI: Scotland – whodunit probes mystery death of giant whale in Forth

Dunoon Grammar head David Mitchell celebrates the nomination along with staff and pupils Pic: Argyll & Bute Council
Dunoon Grammar head David Mitchell celebrates the nomination along with staff and pupils Pic: Argyll & Bute Council

Dunoon Grammar bids for 'world's best school' title

The devil is in the detail of Rishi Sunak's so-called windfall tax on oil and gas producers (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)
The devil is in the detail of Rishi Sunak's so-called windfall tax on oil and gas producers (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

How Sunak's windfall tax has damaged the fight against climate change

The COP26 summit was the most polluting event of its kind, with emissions 30 per cent higher than first forecast. Picture: Phil Noble/AFP/Getty
The COP26 summit was the most polluting event of its kind, with emissions 30 per cent higher than first forecast. Picture: Phil Noble/AFP/Getty

‘Lessons’ to be learned as Glasgow summit proves to be most polluting COP ever

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The leadership candidates - (from left to right) Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty Images
The leadership candidates - (from left to right) Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty Images

New SNP leader and next First Minister set to be named

SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan
SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

Brutal and divisive: the twists and turns of the SNP leadership race

Protesters gathered outside the boarded-up Filmhouse earlier this month to call for the boarded-cinema to be saved. Picture: Annabelle Gauntlett.
Protesters gathered outside the boarded-up Filmhouse earlier this month to call for the boarded-cinema to be saved. Picture: Annabelle Gauntlett.

National arts protest to be staged in Edinburgh to demand more culture support